Barack and Michelle Obama and Joe and Jill Biden! Based strictly not on their policies, of course, or their ability to govern this fine nation, but on some Miss Abigail-related silliness. Heck, I just like the Obama courting Michelle story. Michelle fell hard, but not at first. Perhaps she was reading The Intelligent Woman’s Guide […]
Month: October 2008
New Book on Emily Post
Over the last few years I’ve been in contact off and on with author Laura Claridge, who just published a book about Emily Post titled Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners. I haven’t gotten my copy yet but did spot this write up in Slate this week. If you are […]
Not exactly GOOD advice…
I stumbled across this today at work, an exhibit from the Stanford School of Medicine titled Not a Cough in a Carload: Images from the Tobacco Industry Campaign to Hide the Hazards of Smoking. Sounds fun, doesn’t it? Actually, browsing some of the “Images by Theme” is pretty entertaining (if not a bit scary). Check […]
Hello from London!
I’m writing from London, here this week for a work conference and meetings at the British Library. Today’s my one free day off, so the musician and I are about to head out for a canal ride and market browsing, and maybe some other low-key sightseeing. I’ve been here before, once in high school (when […]